East Port Miss

Dear Cosin

                        I recieved your favor of Dec. 19^th in due time but I have neglected to answer it untill this eavning and I hope you will pardon me as I do not concider it my fault. you requested me to answer your letter if I could guess who it was from. up to this evening, I have been perfectly ignorant as to who the author of the above mentioned letter was But I feel pretty confident that I have guesed right this time if I have I came within one of it the first guess it affordes me much pleasure to recieve such letters from my lady cosins and I hope it will not be the last but if I have guessed wrong it will be a mistake that I can scarsly hope to be pardoned for by any one / than your self. our former accuaintance has taught me to regard you as a true Lady and I shure that this Epistle will contain nothing calculated to offend you. I would be pleased to write you a long and interesting letter of our adventures but nothing has occured worthy of note more than we all feel quite thankful that we have been able to wile away the long and gloomy winter in comfortable quarters. we have started on a spring campain that will probably prove interesting to the soldiers and distructive to the Rebbles. I will now close fearing that I may weary your patients

 

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